tmozIViewObject Interface Reference

Viewable object. More...

Inheritance diagram for tmozIViewObject:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
boolean	register (in tmozIObjectView ovi)
	Register view.
boolean	unRegister ()
	Unregister view.
boolean	closeView ()
	Request to close window.
boolean	getDataSource (out AString fileName)
	Return name of data file.
boolean	getDataCopy (out AString fileName, in tmozIException tmozException)
	Return copy of the data.
boolean	updateData (in AString fileName, in boolean changeType)
	Called by framework to save data.
Public Attributes
readonly attribute tmozIObjectView	view
	Associated view.
readonly attribute AString	mimeType
	mime-type
readonly attribute AString	name
	name of the object

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Detailed Description

Viewable object.

Abstract interface representing viewable object. Such object can be displayed in the Tahiti.

View can obtain data using getDataSource or getDataCopy. Type of the file is in the variable mimeType. If the file is displayed view is stored in the member variable view.

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Member Function Documentation

boolean closeView

(

)

Request to close window.

Function close view. User will be asked if modified file should be saved before closing.

Returns:

Return true if view was closed. Return false if view was not closed.

boolean getDataCopy	(	out AString	fileName,
		in tmozIException	tmozException
	)

Return copy of the data.

Parameters:

tmozException

object for exception

Return values:

fileName

Copy of the data. It is up to caller to delete this file.

Returns:

Return true if data were copied. Return false if failed.

boolean getDataSource

(

out AString

fileName

)

Return name of data file.

Function return true if file is directly accessible using this name. Return false is file cannot be accessed directly.

Function have to always return fileName and it can be treated as an original file name.

Return values:

fileName

Name of original file or path to the data file

Returns:

Return true if fileName can be access directly. Return false if fileName is only name of the original file. In this case access to access data you have to call getDataCopy

boolean register

(

in tmozIObjectView

ovi

)

Register view.

Called when new view should be registered. Object have to be without view before calling this method.

Parameters:

ovi

New view

Returns:

Return true if view was registered. Return false if registration failed.

boolean unRegister

(

)

Unregister view.

View have to be unregistered when it is closed.

boolean updateData	(	in AString	fileName,
		in boolean	changeType
	)

Called by framework to save data.

Function is used by associated view to save new data.

Parameters:

	fileName	name of input file
	changeType	True if mime-type should be changed according to fileName. False if mime-type is same as source data.

Returns:

Return true if data were succesfully updated. Return false if update failed.

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Member Data Documentation

readonly attribute AString mimeType

mime-type

Mime-type of the object. This is usually fully qualified mime type - e.g. image/jpeg. Sometimes it is generic mime-type octet-stream/binary. In such case real type have to be found.

readonly attribute AString name

name of the object

Name of the object depends on the parent container.

readonly attribute tmozIObjectView view

Associated view.

Can be NULL if view does not exists. Object can be displayed using tmozIDocManager.